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The Rotterdam 380 cSt bunker price was at $185.50 per tonne on Friday, December 4 - down $11.00 per tonne, or 5.6 percent compared with the previous week. It is the first 7-day decline in two weeks.

The $185.50-per-tonne price is the lowest end-of-week figure of 2015 so far. The previous day - Thursday, December 3rd - recorded the year's lowest daily assessment price of $182.50 per tonne and the lowest intra-day quote of $175.00 per tonne.

The $11.00 decrease is the most significant in three weeks - since the week ending November 13, when a drop of $18.50, or 8.6 percent, was recorded.

During the past week, decreases of $4.00, $2.00 and $8.00 - recorded on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday respectively - outweighed the $3.00 price rise seen on Friday and the unchanged numbers on Tuesday.

Please click on the link below to view the latest daily prices for Rotterdam.

http://www.bunkerindex.com/prices/portfreels_xmdo.php?port_id=637

Please find a summary of end-of-week Rotterdam's 380 cSt prices below (in US$ per tonne) since the start of the year.

Rotterdam 380 cSt summary:

Date	Week	Price ($)	$ (+/-)	% (+/-)
04/12/2015	Week 49	185.50	-11.00	-5.6
27/11/2015	Week 48	196.50	+6.00	+3.1
20/11/2015	Week 47	190.50	-5.50	-2.8
13/11/2015	Week 46	196.00	-18.50	-8.6
06/11/2015	Week 45	214.50	-7.00	-3.2
30/10/2015	Week 44	221.50	+2.50	+1.1
23/10/2015	Week 43	219.00	-7.50	-3.3
16/10/2015	Week 42	226.50	-20.00	-8.1
09/10/2015	Week 41	246.50	+28.00	+12.8
02/10/2015	Week 40	218.50	+5.50	+2.6
25/09/2015	Week 39	213.00	-10.50	-4.7
18/09/2015	Week 38	223.50	0.00	0.0
11/09/2015	Week 37	223.50	-21.50	-8.8
04/09/2015	Week 36	245.00	+26.50	+12.1
28/08/2015	Week 35	218.50	-2.50	-1.1
21/08/2015	Week 34	221.00	-24.50	-9.8
14/08/2015	Week 33	245.00	-11.00	-4.3
07/08/2015	Week 32	256.00	-11.00	-4.1
31/07/2015	Week 31	267.00	-13.00	-4.6
24/07/2015	Week 30	280.00	-13.00	-4.4
17/07/2015	Week 29	293.00	-12.50	-4.1
10/07/2015	Week 28	305.50	-15.50	-4.8
03/07/2015	Week 27	321.00	0.00	0.0
26/06/2015	Week 26	321.00	-10.00	-3.0
19/06/2015	Week 25	331.00	-0.50	-0.2
12/06/2015	Week 24	331.50	+11.00	+3.4
05/06/2015	Week 23	320.50	-2.50	-0.8
29/05/2015	Week 22	323.00	-16.00	-4.7
22/05/2015	Week 21	339.00	-12.00	-3.4
15/05/2015	Week 20	351.00	+1.00	+0.3
08/05/2015	Week 19	350.00	+1.00	+0.3
01/05/2015	Week 18	349.00	+13.00	+3.9
24/04/2015	Week 17	336.00	+11.50	+3.5
17/04/2015	Week 16	324.50	+28.50	+9.6
10/04/2015	Week 15	296.00	-1.00	-0.3
03/04/2015	Week 14	297.00	-9.00	-2.9
27/03/2015	Week 13	306.00	+24.50	+8.7
20/03/2015	Week 12	281.50	-14.50	-4.9
13/03/2015	Week 11	296.00	-16.50	-5.3
06/03/2015	Week 10	312.50	-5.50	-1.7
27/02/2015	Week 9	318.00	+6.00	+1.9
20/02/2015	Week 8	312.00	-3.00	-1.0
13/02/2015	Week 7	315.00	+14.00	+4.7
06/02/2015	Week 6	301.00	+54.50	+22.1
30/01/2015	Week 5	246.50	+3.50	+1.4
23/01/2015	Week 4	243.00	+0.50	+0.2
16/01/2015	Week 3	242.50	-4.00	-1.6
09/01/2015	Week 2	246.50	-28.50	-10.4
02/01/2015	Week 1	275.00	--	--